Art History category: 15294 books
The Oldest Enigma of Humanity
The Key to the Mystery of the Paleolithic Cave Paintings
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
A mystery spanning thousands of years—and a compelling study of early mankind and the first sparks of human artistic creativity.
Thirty thousand years ago, our prehistoric ancestors painted perfect images of animals on walls of tortuous caves, most often without any light. How was this possible?...
Priceless
How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
The Wall Street Journal called him “a living legend.” The London Times dubbed him “the most famous art detective in the world.”
In Priceless, Robert K. Wittman, the founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career for the first time, offering a real-life...
Color
A Natural History of the Palette
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In this vivid and captivating journey through the colors of an artist’s palette, Victoria Finlay takes us on an enthralling adventure around the world and through the ages, illuminating how the colors we choose to value have determined the history of culture itself.
How did the most precious...
The Downtown Pop Underground
New York City and the literary punks, renegade artists, DIY filmmakers, mad playwrights, and rock 'n' roll glitter queens who revolutionized culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
The 1960s to early ’70s was a pivotal time for American culture, and New York City was ground zero for seismic shifts in music, theater, art, and filmmaking. The Downtown Pop Underground takes a kaleidoscopic tour of Manhattan during this era and shows how deeply interconnected all the alternative...
by Rembrandt van Rijn, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Rembrandt van Rijn, the greatest master of the Dutch Golden Age, created a prolific and innovative body of paintings and etchings, having an immense influence on the course of Western art and inspiring new genres in painting. The Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books,...
by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The ‘Divine’ sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer, Michelangelo Buonarroti exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art, producing masterpieces that rank among the most famous in existence. Delphi’s groundbreaking ‘Masters of Art Series’ presents the world’s...
Basilica
The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2007
In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peter?s Basilica. Begun by the ferociously ambitious Pope Julius II in 1506, the endeavor would span two tumultuous centuries, challenge the greatest Renaissance...
by Tonia Raquejo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 30, 2016
El land art es un movimiento artístico contemporáneo que utiliza como tema y soporte los materiales de la Naturaleza (madera, tierra, piedras, arena, rocas, etc.). Su principal técnica es la intervención-instalación en el paisaje. Las primeras obras se realizaron en los paisajes desérticos del...
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Dante Gabriel Rossetti created a visionary body of paintings that defined a new art of sensuality and medieval revivalism. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the...
by Sandro Botticelli, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Cherished for their linear grace, the divine and mythological masterpieces of Botticelli are the epitome of the golden age of Florentine art. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive...
Contemporary Art
1989 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
An engaging account of today’s contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives on the most important debates and discussions happening around the world.
Features a collection of all-new...
Solar Dance
Van Gogh, Forgery, and the Eclipse of Certainty
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Art dealer Otto Wacker’s 1932 sensational trial in Berlin for selling fake Van Goghs leads Eksteins to a unique narrative of a collapsing Weimar Germany, the rise of another misfit, Adolf Hitler, and the replacement of nineteenth-century certitude with twentieth-century doubt.
by Sandra Forty
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Rembrandt is indisputably the greatest artist of the seventeenth century, and many would say the greatest artist of all time. His mastery of composition, paint, and line—he was a superlative etcher—over a lifetime’s work has rarely been emulated, let alone surpassed. At a time when other artists...
Think Like an Artist
and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
From international bestselling author Will Gompertz, Think Like an Artist is a guide to increasing creativity and productivity with help from some of the greatest artists throughout history.
How do artists think? Where does their creativity originate? How can we, too, learn to be more creative?...